Disabling white LED next to the charging port, to make the phone dark while charging

There is a white LED right next to the charging port that is pretty bright and indicates that the phone is charging. That LED is bright enough to be a disturbance when I am trying to sleep. I don't want to put a shirt over my Droid at night because it tends to result in the phone getting snagged on the shirt when I pull it off, yanking on the cord. Instead I don't charge the phone at night whatsoever. This is bad because I cannot be certain that I will have enough time during every day to charge the phone sufficiently. I really want to disable that white LED. My Droid is rooted and has firmware 2.01.

Thank you 640k. It sounds like you are referring to locking the phone to turn off the screen. With the phone locked or unlocked, the white LED is lit regardless as long as the phone is charging and not yet fully charged.

Right now my options, from easiest to most difficult/impossible are:

1: Color the side LED with opaque black ink.

2: Come up with a more convenient object to cover the device and extinguish the light than a shirt.

Thank you 640k. It sounds like you are referring to locking the phone to turn off the screen. With the phone locked or unlocked, the white LED is lit regardless as long as the phone is charging and not yet fully charged.

Right now my options, from easiest to most difficult/impossible are:

1: Color the side LED with opaque black ink.

2: Come up with a more convenient object to cover the device and extinguish the light than a shirt.

3: Find a command to disable the LED.

4: Open the device and disconnect the LED.

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Option number 5. BUY THE DOCK.

when the phone is IN the dock you can not see the WHITE LED. just press ther power button once and the screen and soft buttons will turn off.

Thank you. I will do this. I was misinformed and thought that the soft keys would be lit at all times while docked. I now understand that if the screen is off while the device is docked, the soft keys will also turn off. This is the ideal solution.

Thank you. I will do this. I was misinformed and thought that the soft keys would be lit at all times while docked. I now understand that if the screen is off while the device is docked, the soft keys will also turn off. This is the ideal solution.

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I bought the dock and the only way to use it as an alarm clock was to have the phone on. In that case, the four white lights will be on at all times. The only work around to this is to turn the phone off, then plug it into the dock. It will turn on without the white lights and still let you see the clock.

But just to give you a heads up - in that case - even with a 3rd party app, it still lit up half of my dark room and kept my wife awake. The phone dimmed all the way even with a 3rd party app is brighter than the little white LED that already bothers you.

I returned the dock because in my mind, it didn't work properly. I could potentially live with the brighter alarm clock lights, but the whole "trick" to get the white lights on the bottom of the phone to stay off is just something stupid that you shouldn't have to do. Not to mention if you leave the alarm screen the lights turn back on.

Only a complete ****ing idiot would design a dock to be used for an alarm clock and charging, and then do the equivalent of attaching a flashlight to the bottom of the phone. Unless you sleep in the daylight (which you obviously don't seeing as how you are not happy with the white LED charging light), the dock is a piece of ****...but that's just my opinion. Some people here have taped over the lights at night, etc...but you shouldn't have to do that with a 30 dollar dock.

Thank you. I will do this. I was misinformed and thought that the soft keys would be lit at all times while docked. I now understand that if the screen is off while the device is docked, the soft keys will also turn off. This is the ideal solution.

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I bought the dock and the only way to use it as an alarm clock was to have the phone on. In that case, the four white lights will be on at all times. The only work around to this is to turn the phone off, then plug it into the dock. It will turn on without the white lights and still let you see the clock.

But just to give you a heads up - in that case - even with a 3rd party app, it still lit up half of my dark room and kept my wife awake. The phone dimmed all the way even with a 3rd party app is brighter than the little white LED that already bothers you.

I returned the dock because in my mind, it didn't work properly. I could potentially live with the brighter alarm clock lights, but the whole "trick" to get the white lights on the bottom of the phone to stay off is just something stupid that you shouldn't have to do. Not to mention if you leave the alarm screen the lights turn back on.

Only a complete ****ing idiot would design a dock to be used for an alarm clock and charging, and then do the equivalent of attaching a flashlight to the bottom of the phone. Unless you sleep in the daylight (which you obviously don't seeing as how you are not happy with the white LED charging light), the dock is a piece of ****...but that's just my opinion. Some people here have taped over the lights at night, etc...but you shouldn't have to do that with a 30 dollar dock.

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I just set my alarm...docked it...turned off the screen with the power button...waited...alarm went off no problem.

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